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Title:
Subaru Mid-Infrared Imaging of the Quadruple Lenses PG 1115+080 and B1422+231: Limits on Substructure Lensing
Authors:
Chiba, Masashi; Minezaki, Takeo; Kashikawa, Nobunari; Kataza, Hirokazu; Inoue, Kaiki Taro
Affiliation:
AA(Astronomical Institute, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan; .), AB(Institute of Astronomy, School of Science, University of Tokyo, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-0015, Japan; .), AC(National Astronomical Observatory, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan; .), AD(Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 229-8510, Japan; .), AE(School of Science and Engineering, Kinki University, Higashi Osaka 577-8502, Japan; .)
Publication:
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 627, Issue 1, pp. 53-61. (ApJ Homepage)
Publication Date:
07/2005
Origin:
UCP
ApJ Keywords:
Cosmology: Gravitational Lensing, Infrared: Galaxies, Galaxies: Quasars: Individual: Alphanumeric: B1422+231, Galaxies: Quasars: Individual: Alphanumeric: PG 1115+080
DOI:
10.1086/430403
Bibliographic Code:
2005ApJ...627...53C

Abstract

We present mid-infrared imaging at 11.7 μm for the quadruple lens systems PG 1115+080 and B1422+231 using the cooled mid-infrared camera and spectrometer (COMICS) attached on the Subaru Telescope. These lensed QSOs are characterized by their anomalous optical and radio flux ratios, as obtained for A1 and A2 images of PG 1115+080 and A, B, and C images of B1422+231, respectively, i.e., such flux ratios are hardly able to be reproduced by lens models with a smooth mass distribution. Our mid-infrared observations for these images have revealed that the mid-infrared flux ratio A2/A1 of PG 1115+080 is virtually consistent with smooth lens models (but inconsistent with the optical flux ratio), whereas for B1422+231, the mid-infrared flux ratios among the A, B, and C images are in good agreement with the radio flux ratios. We also identify a clear infrared bump in the spectral energy distributions of these QSOs, thereby indicating that the observed mid-infrared fluxes originate from a hot dust torus around a QSO nucleus. Based on the size estimate of the dust torus, we place limits on the mass of a substructure in these lens systems causing the anomalous optical or radio flux ratios. For PG 1115+080, the mass of a substructure inside an Einstein radius ME is <~16 Msolar, corresponding to either a star or a low-mass CDM subhalo having a mass of MSIS100<~2.2×104 Msolar inside a radius of 100 pc if modeled as a singular isothermal sphere (SIS). For B1422+231, we obtain ME>~209 Msolar, indicating that a CDM subhalo is more likely, having a mass of MSIS100>~7.4×104 Msolar.

Based on data collected at Subaru Telescope, which is operated by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan.

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